Bruce Dethlefsen, Wisconsin Poet Laureate (2011–2012) has a new book out, Small Talk, published by Little Eagle Press (Ralph Murre, editor and illustrator). Small Talk is his third full-length book. Dethlefsen is available for poetry workshops and readings. Contact: poetdethlefsen@gmail.com.

Will

these are yours
the sun the moon the stars
the bike the ball glove
okay the boots
but you can’t have
the wars the pain
and dread you can’t have that
oh yeah the rain
the rain I keep
sorry

—Bruce Dethlefsen

"if
a novel is winter, and a short story is a snow storm, then a poem is a
snowball, squeezed."